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04 May 2024

Cyclone Phailin: India flees super storm

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A big wave smashes into a breakwater at a fishing harbour in Jalaripeta in the Visakhapatnam district in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh October 11, 2013. Tens of thousands fled their homes in coastal areas of eastern India and moved to shelters on Friday, bracing for the fiercest cyclone to threaten the country since a devastating storm killed 10,000 people 14 years ago. REUTERS

 


Fishermen pull a boat from the waters of the Bay of Bengal to safer ground at Podampata village in Ganjam district in the eastern Indian state of Odisha October 11, 2013. Tens of thousands fled their homes in coastal areas of eastern India and moved to shelters on Friday, bracing for the fiercest cyclone to threaten the country since a devastating storm killed 10,000 people 14 years ago. (REUTERS)

 



People watch as waves from the Bay of Bengal approach the shore at Podampata village in Ganjam district, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha October 11, 2013. Tens of thousands fled their homes in coastal areas of eastern India and moved to shelters on Friday, bracing for the fiercest cyclone to threaten the country since a devastating storm killed 10,000 people 14 years ago. (REUTERS)

 



Local residents stand on the beach as high tidal waves hit the coastline in Visakhapatnam on October 12, 2013. Tens of thousands of terrified villagers braced for the arrival of a massive cyclone bearing down on India's east coast on October 12, packing winds of up 220 kilometres an hour (140 mph).   (AFP)

 



An Indian policman sits on the beach near Gopalpur, about 190 kms away from eastern city Bhubaneswar on October 11, 2013.   A "very severe" cyclone gathered pace as it bore down on India's east coast where the military mobilised to help evacuation efforts and panicked locals recalled a devastating storm in 1999.  (AFP)

 



A group of Indian girls watch high tidal waves on the beach in Visakhapatnam on October 12, 2013. Tens of thousands of terrified villagers braced for the arrival of a massive cyclone bearing down on India's east coast on October 12, packing winds of up 220 kilometres an hour (140 mph).  (AFP)

 


Indian residents of cyclone warned areas travel to a safer place, in Chhatrapur of Berhampur district on October 11, 2013.   A "very severe" cyclone gathered pace as it bore down on India's east coast where the military mobilised to help evacuation efforts and panicked locals recalled a devastating storm in 1999.  (AFP)